Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Senecio dryophyllus Meyen & Walp. trib. Senecioneae |
Bibliography | Nov. Actorum Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 19(Suppl. 1): 283 (1843) |
Native Range | Peru to nw. Argentina and n. Chile |
Primary Biome | Montane Tropical |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 3500-4500m |
Description | glabrous, leaves linear or lanceolate, pinnatisect or dentate, segments triangular-lanceolate, acute, capitula few, discoid, calyculate, in dense, spherical corymb |
Size | 10-40cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | summer |
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Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 16-21°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Senecio amphibolus Wedd. Senecio amphibolus var. socialis (Wedd.) Cabrera Senecio socialis Wedd. Senecio subvulgatus Kuntze Senecio tarapacanus Phil. |
Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (BOL Bolivia, PER Peru) 85 Southern South America (AGW Argentina Northwest, CLN Chile North) |